Elburn, Illinois
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Elburn is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was approximately 4800 as of 2007. It is located at the intersection of Illinois Route 38 and Route 47.
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[edit] Geography
Elburn is located at (41.893977, -88.468628)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 7.1 km² (2.7 mi²), all land.
[edit] History
On May 2, 1834, William Lance arrived in the Elburn area, and soon built a home there. Shortly thereafter, a man named Henry Warne arrived and opened a stagecoach inn called the Halfway House, since it was half-way between Oregon, Illinois and Chicago.
When the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad built through the area in 1854, the stop at this site was named Blackberry Station after the Township. The village incorporated as Elburn in 1886.[1]
The name Elburn itself derives from its originally suggested name, Melbourne, but a suggestion to shorten the name resulted in the dropping of the "M", leaving Elbourne. From there, it was shortened even further to Elburne, and then finally to Elburn.
Once largely rural, the area's population began rapidly expanding in the 1990's with the arrival of large tract home developments. In December 2005, Metra began to provide passenger rail service from Elburn to Chicago on the Union Pacific/West Line. This new station replaced Geneva as the western end-of-line. A new station was also constructed in LaFox.[2]
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 2,756 people, 1,038 households, and 752 families residing in the village. The population density was 389.8/km² (1,010.5/mi²). There were 1,076 housing units at an average density of 152.2/km² (394.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.08% White, 0.11% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.47% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.14% of the population.
There were 1,038 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the village the population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $67,788, and the median income for a family was $79,905. Males had a median income of $51,154 versus $31,464 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,781. About 1.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.
Neighboring cities would include Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles (referred to, as a group, as the Tri-Cities). Aurora and DeKalb (home of Northern Illinois University) are other close-by places as well.
[edit] External links
- ^ http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/418.html Retrieved Sept. 24, 2006
- ^ http://www.elburn.il.us/ Retrieved Sept. 24, 2006
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